written by john keegan, an irish poet.
does someone maybe know the lyrics to this air? I remember having seen it on the internet but cannot find it anymore…
it is in “irelands best slow airs” by waltons.
crossing fingers and sending this off 🙂
berti
I think the poet was John Keegan Casey (1846-1870). He wrote “The Rising of the Moon.” I looked in Justin McCarthy’s anthology of Irish Literature (published at the end of the 19th century) and came up with a few other poems but not the “Fair Maid of Wicklow.”
This link may be interesting: http://homepage.eircom.net/~johnkeegancasey/
Did he write the tune of the song?